Luckily, no matter how angry Chen Xian was, he couldn't charge down from the stands and beat Su Yuan up.
As the Eight-School Joint Examination was about to begin, Su Yuan stopped paying attention to him.
"Candidates from the eight schools, please enter in an orderly fashion."
At the exam venue, the referee gave the order. Su Yuan and all the Special Class students headed toward the arena—the entrance to the exam grounds' tunnel.
Two proctors stood guard inside the tunnel.
One held a rod-shaped magical artifact used for inspections, while the other carried a box of protective-patch artifacts.
The candidates first underwent an artifact inspection to confirm that they weren't carrying prohibited items or had taken banned drugs. Then each received a protective patch, which they stuck to the back of their necks.
As soon as the patch touched a candidate's skin, it transformed into an invisible Light Membrane that enveloped their body.
The membrane wouldn't interfere with candidates using any attack or defensive techniques, but it greatly reduced the damage they suffered from external sources.
At the same time, however, it perfectly simulated the pain that the injury would have caused and restricted the injured area to a certain extent, recreating the candidate's condition as if they had truly been hurt.
For example, if a candidate faced a sword strike powerful enough to sever their arm, the Light Membrane would reduce the damage to less than a tenth of what the real injury would have caused.
But thanks to the membrane's simulation, the candidate would still lose control of their arm and feel the full pain of having it severed.
That was the difference between taking an exam in the real world and taking one in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm.
The former still had protective measures, but